How hard will the Alberta backlash be next election?
Not a bad article in the Post.
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As long as we don't get that split vote again, NDP will almost certainly get wiped out, as far as federal gov't that might happen also.
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I don't have a lot of faith in Albertans right now. I believe there are some old conservatives who are beginning to warm up to the NDP.
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Will be interesting to see how fast and far the rats they imported to fill govt director jobs and boards and chief of staff positions, will scurry. I imagine many of them will be expecting the exhoribant severance clauses, they got inappropriately, will actually be honored. I'd fire them and tell them to go pound sand. Tie it up with a good lawyer and let them know their likelihood of a payout is just as probable as Rachel becoming right-wing. |
NDP~~doing what hasn't been done before!! Hmmmmmm:thinking-006:
http://albertapolitics.ca/2017/02/op...r-gravy-train/ [in part, more by following the link above] Being a conservative in opposition apparently turns what your Mama taught you on its head: If you can’t say anything bad, don’t say anything at all! That would be one explanation for the spooky silence from Alberta’s Wildrose Opposition and the usual suspects on the right about Finance Minister Joe Ceci’s announcement Friday he was pulling the plug on millions in pay and perks for executives at 23 Alberta agencies, boards and commissions – part of the so-called ABC Sector. |
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I'm happy about the housecleaning too, and some of it has gone deeper than the media reports. A recent poll showed that the only area of Alberta that still would retain some NDP seats is of course Edmonton. I'm hoping the right gets it's act together very soon, if it doesn't Wildrose will get more votes than the PC's.
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Rug, I have to say that you are tireless in your ever ongoing threads about politics. As far as I'm concerned, they are all crooks and liars, and I really have to chuckle when I read posts about what the "polls" are saying. What a joke. Polls are good to pee on, but when is the last time one was close?
Trouble I and most albertans have is the lack of choice. We just got rid of the old boys club that treated alberta like their private club and hardworking albertans like thier servants Wildrose had a great shot, but near the election showed their true colors by trying to join the old boys. What backstabbing cowards. So Albertans held thier nose and voted for the only real alternative. Now they are doublecrossing us and making policies and laws that they never mentioned. Tell me Rug, how can there be a great backlash when there is no one else to vote for? Is there time for a new party to be formed by next election? How about A party that would at least threaten to leave Canada the way Quebec does do get huge windfalls from Ontario? I'd vote for them. |
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And don't underestimate the stupidity of the average voter. People figured the libs in ontario would be blasted in the last election and look what happened. I figure a second term of NDP is coming. |
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Saw a great bumper sticker the other day.
NDP Notley Destroys Province. :) |
Over confidence?
Lets just count up what might help the NDP win another turn:
1. Redistribution 2. Appealing to youth 3. Union support 4. Rural Urban split 5 A fatal split on the right 6.A split on a generational basis. 7. A Trump backlash effect in Alberta. O.K. that doesn't factor in that the government is trying to appeal to its base and expand it, like the Castle Off Road Vehicle business. If the right can't merge and get a more charismatic leader we all may be looking at 4 more years. Over confidence is the worst enemy and there are lots more. |
Alberta, the good ol' days are gone.
All is lost! :angry3:
With continued voter anger over what the ****** PC's did to Alberta in their last years, the lack of a popular viable alternative, and what I read here on this thread, I think we should buckle down for a 15 to 20 year NDP dynasty here in Alberta. Put your head between your legs, and kiss your exit hole goodby :sad0125: I'm moving to Saskatchewan :scared0018: |
As long as Wild Rose keeps siphoning off votes on the right , there is always a good chance of a NDP re election. Excactly like the last time :argue2:
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8. Probable economic recovery. Typically, in good economic times, the party in power remains in power, as voters don't see a need to vote for change. |
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Maybe the wild rose will get in. The Conservative party would not have done any better then the NDP with the way oil prices are. If conservstive would have done s better job for the 40 years they were in low oil prices wouldn't sting so much.
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Oil prices are inching up, and field activity is increasing, as well as growth in many other areas of the Alberta economy, but "good" is not where we are yet. In a couple of years, maybe we will be. At which point, the average voter will think that things are OK and have no desire for change. |
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(How's that Heritage Trust Fund working out for you, by the way?) |
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As Comrade Notley herself put it, "we are doomed to be ourselves", or words to that effect. They are utterly incapable of governing in any other fashion. They can only buy off so many people with their own money and Albertans are now tuned in to their incompetence and hypocrisy and realize just what a disaster an extended term in office for this bunch would mean for the province.... |
When was the last time we enjoyed higher oil prices. Big Oil are the ones that enjoy higher oil prices, average Albertan only gets the crumbs.
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